Global Market Trend As Of Apr., 20th 2022

April 20, 2022

MAJOR INDEXES

Market report as of Apr., 19th 2022

NAME	LAST	CHG	%CHG
S&P 500	4,462.2100	70.52	1.61
NASDAQ	13,619.6600	287.30	2.15
DJIA	34,911.2000	499.51	1.45
*FTSE	7,617.98*	16.70	0.22
*NIKKEI	27,217.85*	232.7	60.86
*SHANGHAI	3,151.05*	-42.98	-1.35
VIX	21.0300	-0.34	-1.59
*DAX	14,191.98*	38.52	0.27

S&P 500 MARKET MOVERS

TOP

SBNY	Signature Bank	8.098%
ABMD	ABIOMED Inc	7.267%
GNRC	Generac Holdings Inc	7.193%
CFG	Citizens Financial Group Inc	6.815%
ISRG	Intuitive Surgical Inc	6.698%

BOTTOM

XRAY	DENTSPLY SIRONA Inc	13.383%
TRV	Travelers Companies Inc	4.8920%
TWTR	Twitter Inc	4.7270%
PFE	Pfizer Inc	3.2020%
NEM	Newmont Corporation	2.9970%

SECURITIES

BONDS

NAME	YIELD	CHG
US 10-YR	2.911	-0.004
US 30-YR	2.970	-0.020
US 5-YR	2.887	-0.002
US 2-YR	2.569	-0.006
US 3-MO	0.889	+0.033
BUND 10-YR	0.876	-0.042
JPN 10-YR	0.248	+0.004
UK 10-YR	1.929	-0.042

FUTURES & COMMODITIES

NAME	LAST	CHG	%CHG
*OIL	103.660	+1.100	+1.073
*NAT GAS	7.07700	-0.099	-1.380
*GOLD	1,949.0	-10.00	-0.511
*SILVER	25.1300	-0.261	-1.030
*WHEAT	1,102.0	-7.000	-0.630
*COPPER	4.6720	-0.046	-0.970

CURRENCIES

NAME	LAST	CHG	%CHG
JPY/USD	0.7790	+0.0030	+0.400
USD INDEX	100.53	-0.4300	-0.430
USD/JPY	128.39	-0.5100	-0.3960
GBP/USD	1.3030	+0.0030	+0.240
EUR/USD	1.0840	+0.0050	+0.480
USD/CAD	1.2560	-0.0060	-0.4520
AUD/USD	0.7430	+0.0060	+0.870

Analyst Views

U.S Markets, the U.S. bourse bounced back later in the final hour of trading Tuesday as investors digested a fresh round of earnings, rising bond yields and a downgrade to global growth estimates by the International Monetary Fund, which cited inflation and Ukraine as worsening headwinds.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average tacked on just about 500 points or 1.5%, while the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite rose 1.6% and 2.1%, respectively.

Ticker	Security	Last	Change	Change %
I:DJI	DOW JONES AVERAGES	34911.2	+499.51	+1.45%
SP500	S&P 500	4462.21	+70.52	+1.61%
I:COMP	NASDAQ COMPOSITE INDEX	13619.656518	+287.30	+2.15%

Earnings Report, Consumer discretionary and large-cap tech led the gains even as the 10-year yield rose to its highest level since 2018, at 2.9%. Energy stocks slipped as oil dipped down to the $102 per barrel level.

Ticker	Security	Last	Change	Change %
XLY	CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY SELECT SECTOR SPDR ETF	184.13	+5.19	+2.90%
QQQ	INVESCO QQQ NASDAQ 100	346.26	+7.57	+2.24%
XLE	ENERGY SELECT SECTOR SPDR ETF	80.36	-0.69	-0.86%

Johnson & Johnson reported earnings per share of $2.67, beating the $2.56 per share Refinitiv estimate. It announced it is suspending its COVID-19 vaccine sales guidance due to global supply surplus and demand uncertainty.

Moderna reported its "COVID-19 booster platform" was effective in trials.

Ticker	Security	Last	Change	Change %
JNJ	JOHNSON & JOHNSON	183.08	+5.42	+3.05%
MRNA	MODERNA INC.	152.72	-2.03	-1.31%

Twitter, investors continue to eye Twitter after The Wall Street Journal reported that private equity firm Apollo Global may be eyeing a bid. This follow's the company's plan to make it more difficult for someone to take over the company after Tesla CEO Elon Musk offered $43 billion for the social media giant.

Ticker	Security	Last	Change	Change %
TWTR	TWITTER INC.	46.16	-2.34	-4.83%

Commodities, gold settled at $1,955.70 an ounce.

Ticker	Security	Last	Change	Change %
GLD	SPDR GOLD SHARES TRUST - EUR ACC	181.78	-2.83	-1.53%

SPOT MARKET BY THE HOUR AS OF GMT 09: 56 04-20-22

European Market, The investors' appetite is currently down and the market is sliding down across the board. London's FTSE retreated by 0.4% to 7,631.9, Germany's DAX also declined by 0.83% to 14,271.38 while France's CAC followed suit with a retreat of 1.49% to 6,632.41.

Asia Market, Asian stocks The investors' sentiments are mixed on the Asian bourses. Tokyo's Nikkei 225 index increased by 0.86% to 27,217.85 the Hang Seng in Hong Kong retreated by 0.4% to 20,944.67 while China's Shanghai also slide by 1.35% to 3,151.05.

Cryptocurrencies, at an intraday range of $41, 244.08 by the hour and a maximum of $41,734.02 in 24 hours.